Encrypted document using Apple File Security won't open

Back in 2000 I was using an iMac G3 with OS 9. I created a MS word document with MS 2000 and encrypted it using the Apple File Security. Since then I have upgraded to an iMac G5 with OS 10.4 and OS 9 for older applications.
Since this is a legal document, I now need to decrypt it and I am not sure if I used a password to encrypt this document. I have opened up the key chain in OS 9 and, I don't see any saved passwords. I have opened up MS Word and don't see anything about a password for this application. When I open up the encrypted document it shows it to be over 300 pages, and when I select "Get Info" it shows that this document is unlocked, but I see on the desktop the document with a yellow key symbol.
Is this a locked document? Why does it ask me for a password when I don't see any password in the key chain? What does the yellow key symbol mean?
I really need to decrypt this document and their are a lot of programs that will decrypt a word document but you have to be running Windows and not OS X or 9.
Can any one give me any suggestions on how I can decrypt this word document that was encrypted with Apple File Security.
Thanks,
DaisyMay

Open Apple File Security and use it to decompress or decrypt the file. Any item can be encrypted with Apple File Security, and no other application will decrypt that format; the mechanism isn't the same as used in some Word versions. The Locked setting in the Get Info window controls something else. A password doesn't need to be stored in the keychain to be applied to an encrypted item; the file itself stores the encrypted password.
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